Top 30 Greatest Movies of All-Time # 14
Title: Mallrats
Actors/Director/Anything Worth Mentioning Right Away: Pretty much everyone in here is key to how movies would play out with me for the next ten years after seeing this.
Introduction: I saw it before I saw Clerks, but I think I had to rent it from a video store.
Location: Primarily in a mall, but it had a bit more of a budget than Clerks, which takes place primarily inside and around a convenience store.
Plot: Jason Lee and one of the London Twins run amok in a mall, much to the displeasure of Ben Affleck. If Jason Priestly cannot save the day, certainly Shannon Dougherty can!
Acting: Jason Lee actually said this was his first movie and he was very nervous about how he did. I thought he did very well and didn’t even notice it was his first time.
Production: Tell ‘em Steve Dave!
Sex/Nudity: There are a couple scenes in a dressing room involving no tops on Joey Lauren Adams. Oh, and, um, ask Brodie about the elevator.
Special Effects: That kid is back on the escalator!
Overall Verdict: This movie set the stage for relevant comedies set in certain times with a good music soundtrack. Just to name a few, this movie paved way (for me), movies like Empire Records and Dazed and Confused. It also unleashed a whole lot of other comedies from this time, and well, it has also kept me up to date with the work of Kevin Smith and Jason Lee since then as well. This movie was really like an awakening, like it opened a piece of my mind that didn’t already exist. It’s like… imagine being able to see colors, but not see blue. Then one day, you’re able to see blue and all that it beholds. That’s what this movie is like for me.
The List Thus Far:
(14) Mallrats
(15) The Dark Knight
(16) Bottle Rocket
(17) Tank Girl
(18) The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl
(19) Big Trouble
(20) The Devil’s Rejects
(21) Raiders of the Lost Ark
(22) Beetlejuice
(23) Escape From L.A.
(24) Howard the Duck
(25) Cabin Fever
(26) Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure
(27) Uncle Buck
(28) Donnie Darko
(29) Demolition Man
(30) Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
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